China News Service, Zhongshan, March 18 (Xu Qingqing, Meng Nan, Xiao Jianxi) The 2024 World Federation of Acupuncture Societies is co-organized by Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine and the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies, and co-organized by the School of Chinese Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Institute of Chinese Medicine at the University of Macau. The Academic Seminar on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Research and the Founding Conference of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao University Acupuncture Alliance were held on the 17th in Zhongshan City, Guangdong.
According to reports, the alliance is led by Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Macau, and 18 hospitals including the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Zhongshan Chen Xinghai Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital are members of the alliance.
Awarded by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao University Acupuncture Alliance.
Photo courtesy of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Professor Xu Nenggui, honorary vice president of the Chinese Acupuncture Society and director of the South China Acupuncture Research Center of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, said that the strategic highlands of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao not only have rich traditional Chinese medicine resources and a profound cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine, but also have strong scientific research strength and innovation ability.
The alliance will be committed to the research, development and innovation of acupuncture technology, strengthening exchanges and cooperation in acupuncture academic research, and actively participating in the development planning of national and local traditional Chinese medicine.
At the same time, we will also actively explore the application of acupuncture technology in other fields, expand the application scope of acupuncture and moxibustion, and provide the public with higher-quality traditional Chinese medicine services.
Liu Baoyan, chairman of the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies, said that acupuncture has been used in 196 countries and regions around the world. Acupuncture therapy has gradually become more widely recognized and accepted, contributing a unique treatment model to the global medical field. Chinese acupuncture has become the world's Acupuncture has become the most widely used traditional medicine in the world.
He hopes that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Universities Acupuncture Alliance will further promote exchanges and cooperation in acupuncture therapy, expand the application fields of acupuncture therapy, attract more world-class scholars and scientific research talents, and promote the international development of acupuncture.
Professor Gordon Guyatt, the father of the world's evidence-based medicine, said in a video speech that acupuncture is the cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine. The establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Acupuncture Alliance marks the integration of professional knowledge, exchanges and the practice of evidence-based medicine, and will definitely elevate acupuncture to the highest level. new heights and improve patient outcomes around the world.
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